1994 Porsche 968 Problems, complaints & recalls

Pinion bearing failure in power train of porsche 968 model cars - manufacturing defect, without relationship to driving conditions or wear and tear. Major safety concern. Extremely high cost to repair - should be subject to immediate recall. *Jb

Known pinion bearing issue has been ignored by porsche for years. There are hundreds of known cases of this bearing failure yet porsche outright denies a problem. With less than 12,780 units produced worldwide over four years, the ratio of failed units of quite high by any standard. There exists the potential of causualties should this failure be ignored and occur while driving in traffic. While there typically is warning that the bearing is failing, many people continue to drive the vehicle not knowing the...

There exists a known issue with the pinion bearing in the transaxle. This issue has been documented by dealers, consumers, and the manufacturer. To date, there have been hundreds of known failures - considering that porsche produced less than 12,780 of these vehicles worldwide over four years, the ratio of failures is alarmingly high. To date, porsche has rejected claims from consumers for the repair of failed units and continues to ignore the problem which unaddressed can result in catastrophic failure and...

All electrical power stops abruptly immediately killing the engine and all power to lights. You can't even put on emergency flashers since there is no electrical power. Appears to happen when a higher electrical load is introduced such as a/c or high beams are used. Most recently, this happened on a two lane highway where the only lights available were the vehicle headlights. When all power stopped at close to 60mph it was pitch black. Without knowing the side of the road, I had no choice but to pull over...